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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2017 23:26:35 GMT
This must have seemed like a bold movie at the time, but one that probably did its part in helping educate people and challenge their thinking.
Poitier is excellent here, although his singing kind of needed work! Curtis is great too, together they make a great on screen duo. There's some great action sequences filmed in beautiful black and white, and plenty of character conflict. We have all seen variations of this story, the Fishburne/Baldwin movie, Fled, being the most obvious. But sometimes the original is best, maybe because the stakes were even greater for a black convict on the run in the south in 1958. The tension was real.
And, if that doesn't make you want to watch it, it also costars Alfalfa from The Little Rascals and The Wolf Man himself, Lon Chaney Jr.
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Post by JangoB on Mar 21, 2017 15:19:35 GMT
Awesome, gripping movie. I know some people make fun of Kramer for being too self-important and sanctimonious, but I think the dude was a terrific filmmaker. And it is indeed a brave film for its time. Poitier is amazing.
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Post by getclutch on Mar 21, 2017 19:31:03 GMT
The acting was superb and is worthy of a great movie watching session.
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Post by jimmalone on Mar 25, 2017 19:41:46 GMT
It's a classic definitely. Great movie. And as JangoB said: Kramer was a terrific filmmaker. His streak of films between 1958 and 1969 is pretty impressive.
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Post by cheesecake on Mar 26, 2017 18:30:32 GMT
I think it's pretty good. The leads are definitely the most memorable part of it -- great duo.
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